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TIL that a type of beer called “Small Beer” was the preferred drink over water in medieval Europe and colonial America.

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aGYo TIL a Queen’s University Professor was “‘banned’” from his own class and pushed to an early retirement when he used racial slurs while “he was quoting from books and articles on racism,” after complaints were lodged by a TA in Gender Studies and from other students.
Wj44 TIL that the term ‘Viking’ denotes an occupation not a people
Zx1a TIL the North Korean government is one of the largest counterfeiters of U.S. $50 and $100-dollar bills, dubbed “superdollars,” as they are so close to the real thing that they’ve been referred to as “just U.S dollars not made by the U.S. government.”
OA04 TIL that in 2011 it was revealed that the US have a spy operation that manipulates social media (including sites like Reddit, incase you hadn’t already noticed….)
7r18b TIL one reason why Stalingrad was heavily attacked and defended was the propaganda value to the city, based on it bearing the name of the current leader of the Soviet Union at that time. About 2 million died in the Battle of Stalingrad.